Beijing Olympic Games Statistics

Some stats about the Olympic Games in Beijing

28 Olympic programs, 302 sub-categories
302 gold medals
10,500 athletes are expecte to participate
21,880 torchbearers will run 137,000 km over 130 days
The National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) covers an area of 258,000 sq. meters
The Bird’s Nest has 91,000 seats
The surface of the National Aquatics Center is covered by 1,437 pieces of transparant material
The highest price for the opening ceremony tickets is 5000 Renminbi, the lowest is 200 Renminbi
Beijing expects 550,000 international visitors and 2.4 million domestic spectators
Over 800 star-class hotels and 4,000 hostels will provide about 420,000 overprized rooms

If you have an established domicile in China you can try to get a ticket on the offical Beijing Olympics website. Phase 1 has ended but in October 2007 there is a new chance.